Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 317 Jun Matsueda Doesn't Like to Lie

After taking the subway back with Aya Miyamura, they parted ways near the school, and Jun Matsueda returned to apartment 507 alone.

After changing his shoes and turning on the light, it seemed that Kurusu hadn't come home yet. Matsueda Jun sat on the sofa for a while before going to the bathroom to wash off the smell of barbecue.

After throwing the short-sleeved shirt he had taken off and the girl's outer clothes from the laundry basket into the washing machine, Jun Matsue returned to the living room and opened the balcony door amidst the clanging of the washing machine drum.

The moment the night breeze blew into the room, the sound of the door opening came from the entryway.

"I took so many photos, I'm so tired—" Yosuke Kurusu groaned as he walked into the living room and collapsed onto the sofa.

"Would you like a glass of milk?" Jun Matsue opened the refrigerator.

"Add ice!" the girl said boldly, as if she were drinking.

Jun Matsue poured two glasses of milk, and two transparent square ice cubes fell into the girl's glass and disappeared.

He placed the iced milk in front of the girl, and Jun Matsue sat on the far right of the sofa, drinking the milk and staring blankly at the night sky outside the balcony.

"Huh?" Yosei Kurusu, holding a glass of milk, squatted down next to the sofa.

The boy glanced at the girl who approached. "What's wrong?"

"Matsue seems to be in a good mood today?" Kurusu Yosei looked at the boy's profile. "Did you have something good for dinner?"

Jun Matsue nodded. "We're having barbecue tonight. It tastes pretty good."

The best lie is the truth, even though he felt that this didn't really count as lying to her.

"Barbecue~" the girl groaned again, lying on the sofa. "I should have asked Songzhi to bring me some."

"It's still not too late to order takeout now." Jun Matsue looked at the message his senior had sent him on his phone.

"Got home!"

The girl also sent a photo of a pale yellow parrot with rosy cheeks perched on a delicate, fair hand, tilting its head towards the camera.

Jun Matsuoka had already replied. He put down his phone and looked at the stars in the dark night sky. The airplane's indicator lights flashed as it glided over the city.

The senior student still has more than a semester left before graduation, and her main task at present is to pursue further studies. Jun Matsue does not want to let himself affect her studies.

He had already looked at the textbooks for third-year students, and he planned to take some time to look at the supplementary books and workbooks as well. He didn't intend to hand over the task of tutoring the senior students to someone else.

Also, you should keep a proper distance from other girls.

When the thought flashed through his mind, Jun Matsue recalled the short, jet-black hair on the smooth tiles of the barbershop, and the scarlet marks left by their lips meeting on the snow.

"Songzhi, what are you daydreaming about?" The girl asked, her face full of confusion.

Especially in front of senior students, one should maintain a proper distance, Jun Matsue added in his mind.

“I’m thinking about the future of these stars.” He pointed to the starry sky in front of him.

"Then I'll leave it to Matsueda-kun to think about it while hanging the clothes out to dry~" Kurusu Yosei put the wrung-out clothes into the basin. "I'm going to take a bath~"

So Jun Matsuoka carried a basin full of clothes into the balcony, hung the clothes on a hanger, and continued to contemplate life.

He had enough patience to wait for more than a semester, but wouldn't Tomatsu be affected if his senior started dating after graduation?
The T-shirts on the clothesline swayed in the evening breeze, as if shaking their heads and saying it was impossible.

So we still need to find a way to make everyone mentally prepared. Jun Matsueda is having a bit of a headache. The girls around him won't change their minds just because of a few words.

There's still time, take your time to think. He picked up the empty washbasin, closed the balcony door, leaving a row of swaying T-shirts facing the night sky. It was the first day of July, with a high of thirty-three degrees Celsius. The white curtains in the classroom were drawn tightly, but they still couldn't block the all-pervasive sunlight.

"Turn the air conditioning down a bit!" a boy shouted.

“It’s already very cold!” the girl in a vest sitting next to him immediately retorted.

That was the girl he liked. The boy blushed and stopped talking.

"Summer has truly arrived," Tomatsu Yuka sighed as she sat down. She's not very heat-tolerant and usually carries an umbrella when going out in the summer.

"Matsue, do you want to go to the beach together?" Mochizuki Haruka casually invited the boy. She had grown a little taller recently and had bought a new swimsuit.

“If it’s summer vacation, I can definitely go to the beach.” Jun Matsue looked at the sports meet registration form in his hand, which still had a few blanks.

"Have the girls been confirmed for our class's relay race?" he asked the vice class monitor next to him.

"Oh, please write my name down, Matsueda-san." Tomatsu Yuka blinked. "Mochizuki-san and Rion-san will also be participating."

The girl wasn't particularly good at sports, and her reason for signing up was simple—Matsueda Jun also participated in relay races, and she guessed that's why the guy on the other side signed up.

Jun Matsue wrote down the names of three people on the registration form and walked out of the classroom. He was going to hand the registration form to the homeroom teacher for a look.

Tomatsu Yuka followed him out, and Matsueda Jun turned to look at her, "It's just submitting an application form, you don't need to come together, right?"

"Matsueda-kun is thinking too simply~" the girl said with a smile, "Kominato-sensei still needs to give instructions on the logistics preparations."

"Drinking water, sports drinks, first-aid kit—all of these need to be prepared. We also need to make a class flag. Can Songzhi manage all of this by herself?"

Jun Matsue blinked, zipped up his lip, and walked side by side with the girl down the corridor. The sunlight was intense, and there was no shadow between them.

After spending fifteen minutes in the office, Junko Matsueda, who had missed the sports meet, listened carefully to Shoko Kominato's instructions before leaving the classroom with Yuka Tomatsu.

Tomatsu Yuka looked at the boy next to her, "Let's discuss the sports meet arrangements again after we get back to the classroom?"

Jun Matsue looked at the new vending machines in the corridor, where several girls were queuing up to buy ice cream cones.

"It really needs to be arranged as soon as possible, but the election management committee has to hold a meeting at noon."

"I see," the girl said with a hint of regret, then smiled. "It's okay~ We can discuss it during PE class or after school."

"Let's find time later." The boy nodded. "I still have to go to the conference room. Do you want to go back to the classroom?"

"Then I'll head back first." Tomatsu Yuka hesitated for a moment as she turned to leave. "Is Maki-senpai also attending the meeting?"

Matsueda Jun looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Why are there student council members at an election management committee meeting?"

"That's true." The girl's smile softened a little. "I'll buy an ice cream cone before I go back too."

Upon entering the meeting room, not all the committee members had arrived yet. Jun Matsue took out his phone and sent a message to the parrot avatar in his contact list.

"We've already seen the new ice cream vending machines, and they're very popular."

Sitting in the classroom, Yamami Maki sent a smiley face emoji, "I'll bring you one to try after Matsueda-san's meeting is over~"

Jun Matsue put down his phone and recalled Tomatsu's question. He realized that what he said was true, so it shouldn't be considered lying, right?

If he had a choice, he would still prefer to be an honest person.

(End of this chapter)